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Internet Privacy Is an Inalienable Right

Digicash inventor David Chaum weighs in on the founding principles Web 3 needs. This post is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week series.

Cryptographer David Chaum writes about the founding principles of Web 3. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos - Corbis/Getty Images)

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JPEGs On Sale, Baby

The crypto market is tanking. Floor prices for premium NFTs have stayed relatively consistent.

(Larva Labs, modified by CoinDesk)

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Professor Gensler Gets an F on Crypto

An antagonistic SEC doesn't serve crypto or U.S. consumers, argues the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Paul H. Jossey.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler wants greater authority and resources to regulate crypto. (Third Way/Creative Commons)

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Bukele's Bitcoin Is Not What Turkey Needs

El Salvador's President didn't mention bitcoin in his meeting with Erdogan - but it's not a cure for Turkey's monetary woes anyway.

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele this week. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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Who Writes the Story of the Metaverse?

How narratives and memes shape our online future.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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Simpin' Ain't Easy: The Business Sense Behind IreneDAO

Crypto seems poised to magnify existing financial relationships between influencers and their obsessive fans.

(Irene Zhao/IreneDAO, modified by CoinDesk)

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IPFS, Filecoin and the Long-Term Risks of Storing NFTs

Decentralized storage solutions are not bulletproof.

(JOSHUA COLEMAN/Unsplash)

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The Balance Between Art and IP Theft in NFT Culture

From "Squid Game" to Olive Garden, the NFT boom is an orgy of intellectual property infractions.

A scene from the MetaBirkins project home page. (MetaBirkins)

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Meta Leans In to Tracking Your Emotions in the Metaverse

Meet the new world, same as the old: Horizon Worlds, where you will be bagged, tagged and mercilessly monetized.

We have such sights to show you ... (And also we'll be stealing your face.) (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Is Crypto a Ponzi? Define 'Ponzi'

It is better for all if we can speak honestly about this industry.

Ponzi scheme inventor Charles Ponzi mugshot in 1920. (Photo courtesy Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images)